1997 – Antonis Daglis, a 23-year-old Greek truck driver is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others.

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All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good
from love. ~ Eleanor Farjeon

selected by Kalki

2005

So long as there is death there will be sorrow, and so long as
there is sorrow it can be no part of the duty of human beings to
increase its amount, in spite of the fact that a few rare spirits
know how to transmute it. ~ Bertrand Russell

selected by Kalki

2006

To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and
proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only
ends, somehow, and the only basis of law — a perversion.
Inevitably, then, in seeking only them, we found only their
opposites: maximum suffering and minimum security. ~ Walter
M. Miller, Jr. (born 23 January 1923)

selected by Kalki

2007

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ~ William Pitt the Younger
(anniversary of death)

proposed by Tamino

2008

Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions
we have about the things that happen to us. To know men thoroughly,
to judge events sanely is, therefore, a great step towards
happiness. ~ Stendhal

Suggestions

I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me; but
Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved
herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her
example. ~ William Pitt the Younger
(anniversary of death). This was Pitt's last speech in public.

4 Tamino 20:09, 17 January 2007 (UTC) A classic, and in a way
appropriate given that it was his last public speech.

3 InvisibleSun 05:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

2 Kalki 20:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC) Out of the context of his
times and circumstances (responding to a toast to him as "Savior of
Europe") this can (somewhat ironically) seem a bit chauvinistic, but if this were to be used,
I think it should begin at "Europe is not to be saved by any single
man..."

1 Zarbon 18:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

There is no such thing as "natural law": this expression is
nothing but old nonsense. Prior to laws, what is natural is only
the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering
from hunger or cold, in short, need. ~ Stendhal

3 InvisibleSun 05:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

3 Kalki 20:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 18:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world
crumbles to nothing. ~ Stendhal

3 Kalki 20:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

3 InvisibleSun 21:05, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 18:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I
should say the only one. ~ Stendhal

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